Les routes de la liberté

by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Laurent Bury (translator)

Le libéralisme de nos sociétés contemporaines serait-il en train de tuer nos libertés individuelles et collectives ? À partir d’une exploration des paradoxes du libéralisme, Joseph E. Stiglitz, lauréat du prix Nobel d'économie, fournit les outils de compréhension des enjeux économiques contemporains et de leurs répercussions sociales et politiques.

352 pages, Paperback

Published January 8, 2025

About the author

Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA, is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is known for his critical view of the management of globalization, free-market economists (whom he calls "free market fundamentalists") and some international institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

In 2000, Stiglitz founded the Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD), a think tank on international development based at Columbia University. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Columbia faculty, and has held the rank of University Professor since 2003. He also chairs the University of Manchester's Brooks World Poverty Institute and is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Stiglitz is also an honorary professor at Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management. Stiglitz is one of the most frequently cited economists in the world.